French prime minister Guy Mollet was confronted by a hostile settler crowd in Algiers while seeking to install General Catroux as minister-resident. The confrontation and his retreat under pressure revealed the political power of settler hardliners and narrowed prospects for reform. Algerians, whose demands for sovereignty were largely excluded from the scene, faced a government increasingly committed to escalating military measures.
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